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I need them for the lower end of pruning: I have loppers. I did have some Felco but they were poor - I must have been lumbered with a "Friday afternoon" pair. Cheers all

I've been pruning the (non-stoned) fruit trees and my secateurs are useless. Most of the cuts are ragged even though I sharpened them before using. No matter how much I spend I can't see to get good ones. Any recommendations please?

That's ideal, cheers both.

Imagine a metal "bar" like the one that were (when I was a kid) in a Meccano set: about 1mm thick by 10mm wide by anything up to 100mm long with holes every 10mm or so. I want such a thing that I can bend to shape but is much more robust - say, 2mm or 3mm thick. What do I search for!? I have...

Brilliant, thanks all. The tripod with chains is just how I imagined it!

I am trying to renovate an old telescope that belonged to my father-in-law's father: hence the terror - I must get it right. I has a huge wooden-legged tripod (1.2m long, 40mm diameter legs) that had spikes on the end as it was meant to be used outside. I've cut the spikes off (it needs to go...

I don't know what "browning" is. Cheers.

Worked a treat John, thanks.

I 've had an old electrical socket moved. There is now a hole where the old one used to be. The wall is granite (old barn conversion) and is rough rendered and painted. What could I use to fill the hole? It seems to big for Polyfilla and too small to buy a great bag of cement that I'll only use...

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The bulb has gone on our oven and the manual says to replace it with: Osram 66275 AM, 230V, 25W, G9 but I can only find: Osram 66725 AM, 230V, 25W, G9 That is, all the same but with the "2" and the "7" transposed. The web is full of examples of the "66725" (and for a good price) but not the...

Cheers mate. Yes, I don't doubt it! My metal- and wood-work teachers used to have a little cabal in the stock room. I heard them talking about designing, making (at school) and selling all sorts of stuff.

Cheers blup. JobAndKnock: (y) you're absolutely right and will save me further embarrassment. :oops: I'll tri and get it right in future. ;)

OK cheers, I'll try to clean it. A non-square square would drive me bonkers!:mad:

Oh yeah, I see what you mean. No, it's not that the rust puts it out of square but that if I start rubbing surfaces with abrasives maybe I will put it out?

Cheers mate that's the sort of thing but the reviewer says it's 50mm outside measurement rather than 50mm inside. It's a poor description on their site.

I like to use a small (say, 50mm blade and handle - internal) engineer's square for squaring thin rails and so on. I tend to leave it out in the workshop and so my current one has become rusty. I can't really clean it without affecting the square so I would like a new one that is made from...

Excellent, thank you very much.

I need to hang two cupboard doors that will sit flush with the frame. I'd like to use decorative surface hinges so that they are a feature. The problem I have is that whenever I use hinges, once fixed, there is an inevitable sag as the hinge "relaxes" into position. Normally, this is not too...

Cheers. Yes, I bought the Proxxon in the end. Seems good.